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Purchase Diary 2014 – May / June

DVD / Blu-ray, Purchase Diary 2014

Friends: The Complete Series (1994 – 2004)


May 2nd – €53.20 (CA$84.99) @ Amazon.ca (paid partially via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12686 – 12705

But I’m a bit disappointed. It’s really my fault because I didn’t check this beforehand (I just didn’t expect it): It’s only the broadcast version. As someone who knows the key episodes in their extended version basically by heart, it’s like an audio CD with a few scratches and the music suddenly jumps in the middle of the track.

I bet they pull a Lucas and in a few months / years there will be a Blu-ray Extended Edition…

Cottage Country (2013)

May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1114

You Again (2010)

May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1115

Pretty Woman (1990)

May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1116

The Proposal (2009)

May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1117

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3D, Ticket Prices, …

Cinema, Thought Storm

I hate 3D. In the real worlds it’s somewhat OK so you don’t crash into the car in front of you. But in the theatres it’s just a pointless rip-off of which I hope it’s going to die again – and soon.

Movies in Technicolor and with sound – that were revolutions in the theatres. The evolution of special effects from Ray Harryhausen to CGI – that’s what brought movies forward.

3D? Not so much. The horribly boring Avatar started a trend which just won’t stop so far. And what’s even worse is that ever more theatres fail to show the 2D version at all because it’s much easier to milk your customers with the 3D ticket prices.

Don’t get me wrong; despite my actual glasses I don’t have a problem to perceive the 3D effect. It’s just that in my eyes (no pun intended) no movie became any better with it than it would have been without it. Either the movie is good on its own or its not. It’s just that simple.

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Cinema

Yesterday evening I was in Avatar. I don’t think you have heard of it, it’s a little small-budget indie movie that only runs in arthouse…